“Mr. Jones,” said little Mary to an old Christian one day, “will you pray for me at the prayer meeting tonight?” Then, being a timid little girl, she added, “But don’t say my name. I don’t want anyone to know.”
Now Mr. Jones was a wise old man, and so that night in the little cottage prayer meeting where a few were gathered for prayer, he prayed something like this: “Lord Jesus, there’s a little girl here who wants to be saved. But she doesn’t want me to tell her name ... ”
Before he had finished the words, those who knelt in the prayer meeting were surprised to hear a small voice, and a titter went round as that voice proclaimed: “It’s me, Jesus! It’s me!”
Now we are sure the Lord Jesus heard that little voice, for He knew already what was in little Mary’s heart. He knew she was in earnest. He showed her that though she was a sinner, He had died to put her sins away, and the knowledge of this brought peace to her troubled heart.
I hope you will be in earnest about your sins, too, dear unsaved reader. If you come to the Lord Jesus, He’ll not turn you away. Tell Him you are a sinner, that you want to be saved, that you deserve only judgment, but you believe He died in your place. He will hear your prayer and His precious blood will wash away those deep dark stains of sin. Has He not said: “Come now... though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow"? Isa. 1:18.
ML-07/24/1977